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' PLOW. v 7 No. 345,113. Patented J111y'6, 1886.

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STATES JAMES \V. CARE, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

PLOW.

TTJPECEFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,113, dated Julyfi, 1886.

Application filed February 4, 1986. Serial No. 190,818. (No model.)

2 is a side elevation of its reverse side. Fig,

3 is a rear elevation of the plow-point. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the landside. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of my invention; and Figs. 6 and 7 are sectional views taken on the line 00 00, Fig. 5, looking in opposite directions.

The object of my improvement in plows is, partly, to attain greater simplicity in construction, and in accomplishing this purpose the mold-board and landside are rigidly locked together and secured to the standard with a single bolt; and also to enable the ready elevation and depression of the plow-beam where fastened to the standard, and thus to render adjustable the depth to which the plow-point may enter the soil, and also to provide means for adjusting the width of the furrow as may in practice be desired.

In carrying out my invention I employ the inclined plow-standard A, which is provided on one side near its center with an outwardlyprojecting flange or shoulder, a, which extends downwardly to the extreme end of said plow-standard, and the junctions of the two parts at the outer lower end form a point, (I. This flange or shoulder a is apertured at a point slightly above its center for passage therethrough of a bolt, hereinafter referred to.

B is a plowshare, which on its inner surface is made to conform in general outline to the outer surface of the lower portion of the flange or shoulder a of the plow-standard A, and is provided with a usual pointed projection on its extreme outer end. The said plowshare has a portion of its inner surface removed, forming a recess, 1), which is extended into a second narrow recess, 1), in which latter recess the outer end of the inclined plowstandard is designed to fit. In the upper inclined face of the plowshare is formed a mortise-recess, b, which slants outwardly from the inner surface of the said plowshare.

O is a mold-board, which is provided on its lower inclined face with a tenon, b corresponding to the mortise-recess I), formed in the corresponding-shaped face of the plowshare. The upper edge of mortise I) and the entire upper edge of plowshare A are beveled to incline from front to rear, to conform to a coincident bevel inclined from front to rear on tenon I) and the entire lower edge of the mold-board O. The landside D, secured to the side of the inclined plow-standard opposite to that portion whereon the plowshare and moldtboard are secured, has projecting from its innersurl'ace, ashort distance from its rear end, an inclined hook, (I, and at its forward end is provided with a lug or projection,

d, the purpose of which will be further referred to. The lower inclined surface of the plowshare is at its rear provided with aninclined recess, (1 and at its forward end in its surface a recess, (2, corresponding to the outer surface of the forward lug or projection, d, and the inclined hook d is inclined on the inner surface to conform to the inclined recess d", in which it is secured. The upper edge of the landside abuts against a shoulder, g,- formed in the plow-standard, and its forward edge is outwardly inclined to conform to inclination h of the rear side of the plowshare. The mold-board O is provided near its central lower portion with an aperture corresponding to the before-referred-to aperture of the flange or shoulder a, and through these apertures is passed from the outside a nutted bolt, E, the nut thereof resting against the inner surface of the flange or shoulder a. From this it will be seen that by inserting the tenon of the mold-board in the mortise-recess of the plowshare and inserting the outer end of the plowstandard in the recess 1) of the plowshare, and securing the landside in position, as above indicated, by means of its hook d and the lug or projection d, secured in position in the recess d by the plowshare A, and passing the bolt E through its apertures in the mold-board and the flange or shoulder of the plow-standard, all the parts will be rigidly secured in posi tion by tightening the bolt by means of its ICO nut. The inclined plow-standard A is provided at its upper rear end with a right-angularly projected horizontal flange or shoulder, F, which is provided in its center with a longitudinal slot, f. The rear end of the plowbeam G has formed in its center a vertical slot or passage for passage therethrongh and through the longitudinal slot f of the flange or shoulder]? of a nutted bolt, f whichis passed upwardly from in under the flange or shoulder, and its nut rests upon a washer on the upper surface of the said plow-beam.

Gv is an oblong wedge provided in its center with a longitudinal slot, 9, extending nearly its entire length. This wedge G is inserted between the flange or shoulder F and the plowheam. and is placed in posit-ion before the insertion of the nutted bolt f, which is also passed through the said slot of the wedge. The upper forward edge ofthe inclined plow-standard is provided with a forward upwardly-projecting right-angular arm, H, having two orifices therein formed for passage of the ends of a clip, I. The ends of this clip are passed over and in under the plow-beam and through the orifices in the rightangular arm H, and are on their screw-threaded ends provided with suitable nuts for-securing the clip in po sition.

From the foregoing it will be seen that by inserting or withdrawing the slotted wedge G in degree more or less the plow-beam can be adjusted correspondingly, thus regulating the depth of the furrow to be made by the plowpoint, and that by laterally adjusting the rear end of the plow-beam by means of its bolt in the longitudinal slot in the flange or shoulder F and the nutted clip I the width of the furrow can be accordingly regulated.

Thus constructed the mold-board, landside, and plow-point are held rigidly secured with a single bolt, the plow-beam may be elevated or depressed to suit the character of the work or soil, and the point of the plow maybe so presented to the land as to form a furrow of any width preferred.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a plow, the combination, with the in- L clined standard having the apertured flange or shoulder, of the apertured mold-board and plowshare, connected together by a tenon, and the landside having a clamp-hook, and a lug or projection, the whole secured together by a single-nutted bolt, substantially as shown and described. I

2. The combination,with the inclined plowstandard having the apertured flange or shoal der and the landside having a clamp-hook entering a corresponding recess in said standard, and with a lug on its forward end, of the plowshare having one portion supporting the forward end of said landside, the apertu red mold board having a tenon on one end secured in a recess in said plowshare, and the nutted bolt securing said parts together, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature'iu presenoeof two witnesses.

JAM ES XV. CARR. \Vi t n esses:

'l. M. CARR, 1t. W. J ENKENS. 

